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{{short description|Overview of the history of Middle-earth}}
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== Characters ==
The following ] is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the real-world history and notable fictional elements of ]'s ]. It covers materials created by Tolkien; the works on his unpublished manuscripts, by his son ]; and films, games and other media created by other people.


''']''' – fantasy setting created by Tolkien, home to hobbits, orcs, ents, dragons, and many other races and creatures.
What follows is a brief and inevitably incomplete listing of characters from Tolkien's work who lived in Middle-earth, divided into ], ], and ]. Note that characters are sorted according to several groups, and may appear multiple times. For a full list of characters see: ].


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===First Age===


== Primary sources ==
''House of Finwë''
*]
*] (first wife of Finwë)
**]
*] (second wife of Finwë)
**]
**]
**]
**]


=== Authors ===
'']''
*] * ]
* ]
*]
*]
*]
*]
**]
*]
*]


=== Published works ===
]
{{further|J. R. R. Tolkien bibliography}}
*]
*]
**] Celebrindal
*]
**]
*]


==== By J. R. R. Tolkien ====
]
*]
*]
**]
***Rodnor ]
***]
*]
*]
**]
***]


* '']'' (1937)
''House of Elwë and Olwë''
** 2nd Edition (1951) revised to align with ''The Lord of the Rings''
*] (Elu Thingol)
** 3rd Edition (1966) revised to assert copyright in US
*] (wife of Thingol)
* '']''
**] Tinúviel
** '']'' (1954)
*]
*** ]
**]
*** ]
** '']'' (1954)
** '']'' (1955)
*** ] - a "novelistic" chapter
*** ]
* '']'' (1962)
** Revised edition (2014) with addition of original poems, sources and images, and commentary by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond
* '']'' (1967) – music by ], penmanship by Tolkien. See also ]
** Revised edition (1978) – including a setting for ]


; Posthumously published
''House of Bëor''
*'']'' (1974) – Dutch translation published 1973
*] the Old
* ] (1975) – also known as "Nomenclature of ''The Lord of the Rings''"
*]
*'']'' (1977)
**]
**'']''
***] Erchamion
*''Pictures by J. R. R. Tolkien'' (1979) – text by Christopher Tolkien. Most of these pictures had been previously published in calendars by ] (1973) and ] (1974, 1976–1979), some of them coloured by H. E. Riddett.
**]
*'']'' (1980)
***]
*'']'' (1995) – text by ] and ]
****]
*''The Art of The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien'' (2011) – text by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
***]
*''The Art of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien'' (2015) – text by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
****]


==== Edited by Christopher Tolkien ====
''House of Marach''
*]
*] Lórindol
**Gundor
**Galdor
***]
****]
****] Níniel
***]
****]
**]


These works present extended selections of ] (the large body of documents relating to ''The Silmarillion''), with extensive notes and posthumous editing by ]. The separate 4-volume body of his comments on the drafts of ''The Lord of the Rings'' is included as volumes 6–9.
''Descendants of Lúthien and Beren''
*] Thingol's Heir
**]
**]
***]
***]


===== '']'' =====
''Descendants of Idril and Tuor''
*] the Mariner
**]
***]
***]
***] Undómiel
**]
***]


; Early legendarium
''Haladin of ]''
:1 '']'' (1983)
*]
:2 '']'' (1984)
*]
:3 '']'' (1985)
*Haldar
:4 '']'' (1986)
*Haldan
:5 '']'' (1987)
***Halmir
****Haldir
*****Handir
******] the Lame
****]
*****]
*****]
****Hundar


; '']''
''Others''
*], lord of the ] :6 '']'' (1988)
:7 '']'' (1989)
*] the Bowman
:8 '']'' (1990)
*] of ]
:9 '']'' (1992)
*]
*] the Dark Elf
*], sister-son of ]
*] the Deathless, father of the Longbeards
*], lord of ]
*] aka Gorthaur, Lord of Werewolves


; The later ''Silmarillion''
For a list of the ], see that article.
:10 '']'' (1993)
:11 '']'' (1994)


; Further details
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:12 '']'' (1996)


===Second Age=== ===== Other stories =====


* '']'' and '']'' both reprint ''The Adventures of Tom Bombadil''
''Kings of Númenor'': see ]


Additional materials from the legendarium, with Christopher Tolkien's commentary.
], a.k.a. ]


* '']'' (2007)
'']s or Nazgûl''
* '']'' (2017)
*]
* '']'' (2018)
*], the Black Easterling


===Third Age=== ====Edited by other scholars ====


* '']'' (1988) – text of ''The Hobbit'', with many related texts by Tolkien, edited and with commentary by ] (revised edition 2002)
''Thorin and Company''
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]


* '']'' (1981) – selected, introduced and edited by ]
''The ]''
*]
*] (Sam)
*] (Merry)
*] (Pippin)
*] (Strider)
*]
*] the Grey
*]
*] (son of Glóin)


* '']'' (2021) – essays and fragments, including on Elvish linguistics, with commentary by the scholar ]
''Kings of ]'': see ]


* '']'' (2007) – 2 volumes on the construction of ''The Hobbit'' with commentary by the scholar ]
''Kings of ]'': see ]


===Audio recordings===
''Kings of ]'': see ]


* '']'' (1967), ] TC 1231 – poems read by Tolkien; songs sung by William Elvin, accompanied by composer Donald Swann (as published in '']'')
''Chiefs of the Rangers of Arnor'': see ]
* ''J. R. R. Tolkien Reads and Sings his The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings'' (1975), Caedmon TC 1477, TC 1478 (based on an August, 1952 recording by ])
* ''J. R. R. Tolkien The Silmarillion Of Beren And Lúthien'' (1977), Caedmon TC 1564 – Christopher Tolkien reads chapter 19 of ''The Silmarillion'', slightly abridged


=== Graphical works ===
''Stewards of Gondor'': see ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
** ]
** ]
** ]


== Translation ==
''Kings of Rohan'': see ]


* ]
''] or Istari'':
* ] (issues, challenges, approaches)
*] the White
** ]
*] the Grey
** ]
*] the Brown
*] (Blue Wizards)


== Adaptations and developments ==
''Dwarves of Durin's folk'': see ]


{{see also|Works inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien|Adaptations of The Hobbit|Adaptations of The Lord of the Rings}}
''Other characters''
*Elves
**] of ]
**], wife of ]
**]
**]
**], King of northern ]
*Men
**]
**]
**]
**], Prince of ]
*Hobbits
**Bandobras ]
**]
**Sméagol, or ]
*]
*]
*]
*] (often perceived as the ])
*]


== Cosmology == === Maps ===
*]
*]
**]
**]
***]
***]
***]
***The ]
***The ]
==Historical periods==
A more detailed list can be found at ].
#]
#]
#]
#]
##]
##]
##]
##]


{{Main|Tolkien's maps}}
== Places ==


* '']'', meaning either of two posters:
The stories takes mostly place in ], ], and ], but there are many other places in Middle-earth.
** by ] (1965)
** by ] (1970)
* '']'' (1981, revised ed 1991) by ]
* '']'' (1981) by ]


=== Spoken word ===
See also ], ] for places outside Middle-earth.


* ''The Hobbit'' (1974) – ] recorded an abridged, dramatic version for ] on the ] label
=== Nations and large regions ===
* '']'' (1990) – unabridged recording by ] for ]
* ''The Hobbit'' (1991) – unabridged recording by Rob Inglis for Recorded Books
* '']'' (2007) – Christopher Lee recorded an unabridged audiobook
* '']'' (2020) – ] live-streamed an unabridged reading to raise money for ]
* ''The Hobbit'' (2020) – unabridged recording by Andy Serkis for ] and Recorded Books
* ''The Lord of the Rings'' (2021) – unabridged recording by Andy Serkis for HarperCollinsUK and Recorded Books


=== Radio ===
First Age only:
*], later ''Anfauglith''
*]
**]
**]
**]
**]
*]
*], later ''Taur-nu-Fuin''
*]
*]
*]


* '']'' (1955) – ]: six 45-minute episodes for ''The Fellowship of the Ring'', then six 30-minute episodes for all of ''The Two Towers'' and ''The Return of the King'', adapted by ]
Present after the First Age:
* '']'' (1968) – BBC: eight half-hour episodes, adapted by ]
*]
* '']'' (1979) – ]: totalling over 11 hours, adapted by ]
**]
* '']'' (1981) – BBC: 26 half-hour instalments, later re-cut to 13 hour-long instalments, adapted by ] and ]
**]
* '']'' (1991) – ] and ]: German adaptation of ''The Lord of the Rings'' in 30 half-hour episodes, by {{ill|Peter F. Steinbach|de|Peter Steinbach (Drehbuchautor)}}
**]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*], or ''Hollin''
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*], or simply ''Lórien''
*]
*], earlier also ''Greenwood the Great''
*]
**]
**]
*The ]
*], anciently ]
*], or ''Wilderland''
*]
*]


=== Motion pictures ===
''See also'' ], ].

{{Main|Middle-earth in motion pictures}}

* '']'' (1967) – ]'s short animated adaptation
* '']'' (1977) – an animated musical television special by Rankin/Bass
* '']'' (1978) – an animated film of the first half of the book by Ralph Bakshi
* '']'' (1979) – children's program ] broadcast ten 15-minute episodes
* '']'' (1980) – the animated sequel to 1977's ''The Hobbit''
* '']'' (1991) - a "lost" Russian television play, now recovered
* '']'' (1993) - a Finnish rendering of the Hobbits' journey in ''The Lord of the Rings''
* '']'' (2022) – prequel series by ]

==== Peter Jackson ====

* ] – the live-action trilogy by ]
** Films
*** '']'' (2001)
*** '']'' (2002)
*** '']'' (2003)
** ]
*** ]
** ]
*** ]
** ]

* ] – Jackson's three-part prequel to his ''The Lord of the Rings'' series
** Films
*** '']'' (2012)
*** '']'' (2013)
*** '']'' (2014)
** ]

=== Stage ===

*] wrote and performed one-man adaptations of ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings'' starting in the 1970s
*'']'' (2006) – Musical staged in Toronto, re-written for London in 2007

=== Games===

==== Tabletop games ====

{{Main|List of Middle-earth role-playing games}}

*'']'' (1984) – ]
*'']'' (1991) – Iron Crown Enterprises
*'']'' (2002) –]
*'']'' (2011) – ]
*'']'' (2016) – ] supplement by Cubicle 7

==== Video games ====

{{Main|Middle-earth in video games}}

*'']'' (1982)
*'']'' (1991)
*'']'' (2002)
*'']'' (2003)
*'']'' (2003)
*'']'' (2004)
*'']'' (2004)
*'']'' (2004)
*'']'' (2006)
*'']'' (2006)
*'']'' (2007; cancelled)
*'']'' (2007)
*'']'' (2009)
*'']'' (2009)
*'']'' (2010)
*'']'' (2011)
*'']'' (2012)
*'']'' (2012)
*'']'' (2014)
*'']'' (2014)
*'']'' (2017)

=== Parodies ===

*'']'' (1969) – ] novel
*'']'' (1980) – BBC radio series
*'']'' (1985) – ] video game
*'']'' (1986) – Delta 4 video game
*'']'' (2003) – children's novel by ]
*'']'' (2004) – musical

== Geography==
=== Cosmology of Eä ===
{{Main|Cosmology of Tolkien's legendarium}}

* ]

=== Continents of Arda ===
* ]
* ]
* ] (on Aman)

=== Nations and regions ===
{{main|Geography of Middle-earth}}

* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]


=== Natural features === === Natural features ===


* ]
Middle-earth was carefully designed by Tolkien, and contains many natural features such as rivers, mountains, and seas.
* ]
* ]

=== Cities and other populated places ===

* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]

== History==
{{See also|History of Arda}}

===Artefacts===

* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
** ]
* ]
* ]

===Events===
<!--chronological order-->

; First Age
* ]

; Third Age
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]

=== Characters ===
{{Main|List of Middle-earth characters}}

====First Age====
''House of Finwë''
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]

''House of Elwë and Olwë''
* ]
* ]

''House of Marach''
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]

''Others''
* ]
* ]
* ]

====Second Age====

* ]
* ]
* ]

====Third Age====
''Thorin and Company''
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]

''The ]''
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* Gandalf
* ]
* ]

'']'':
* Gandalf
* ]
* ]

''Elves''
* ]
* Galadriel
* Glorfindel
* Legolas
* ]

''Men''
* Aragorn
* ]
* Boromir
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]

''Other characters''
* ]
* ]<!--a skin-changer, man/bear-->
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]

== Culture==
=== Races ===
{{Main|Middle-earth peoples}}

'']''
* ]
* ]
** ]s
**Wizards

'']''
* ]
* ]

'']''
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]s

''Other''
<!--Eru Ilúvatar is a REDIRECT-->
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]s
* ]s


==== Large waters ==== === Languages===
{{main|Languages of Middle-earth}}
'']s''
* ]
** ]
* ]


''Other''
First Age only:
* ]
* ]
* ]


=== Folklore and poetry===
*]
*], the ''Grinding Ice''
*Inland ]


* '']''
Present after the First Age:
* ]
* '']''
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
<!--The Tale of Túrin Turambar is NOT AN ARTICLE-->


== Analysis ==
*]
*] the Great Sea
*Ice-bay of ]
*]
*] (present only after the First Age)
*]
*] of ]
*Inland ]
*Inland ]


==== Mountains and Hills ==== === Influences ===


* ]
First Age only:
** ]
** ]
** ]
* ]


=== Components ===
*], home of the great ]
*]
*] or ''Encircling Mountains''
*] or ''Iron Mountains''


* ]
Present after the First Age:
* ]
* ]
* ''for Tolkien's invented Languages, see above''
* ]
* ]
* ]
** ]
** ''see above for individual poems''


=== Literary devices ===
*]
*] or ]
*]
*]
*]
*] or ''Mountains of Terror''
*] or ''Ash Mountains''
*] or ''Blue Mountains'', also known as '']''
*] or ''Grey Mountains''
*]
*] or ]
*] the ''Misty Mountains''
*]
*] or ''Erebor''
*] or ''Amon Amarth''
*]
*]
*Mount ]
*]
*]
*]
*] or '']''
*] or ''Amon Sûl''
*]


* ]
==== Rivers ====
* ]
* ]
* ]
** ]
** (''see also'' ])
** ]
** ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
** ]


=== Sources ===
First Age only:


* ]
*]
* ]
*]
* ]
*]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]


=== Themes ===
See also the Seven rivers of ]
{{main|Themes of The Lord of the Rings|l1=Themes of ''The Lord of the Rings''}}


* ]
Present after the First Age:
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]


=== Music ===
*]
*] the ''Great River''
*] or ''Brandywine''
*] or ''Loudwater''
*] or ''Redwater''
*] or ''River Running''
*] of Mirkwood
*]
*] or ''Greyflood''
*] or ''Angren''
*]
*] or ''Hoarwell''
*]
*] or ''Entwash''
*]
*] of the ]


* ]
See also ]
* ]


=== Scholarship ===
For a full list of rivers, see: ].
{{main|Tolkien research|Category:Tolkien studies}}
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==== Institutions ====
=== Cities, fortresses and other populated places ===


* ]
First Age only:
* ]
*]
:* ]
*]
* ]
*]
*] * ]


==== Journals ====
Present after the First Age:
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*] the ''Lake-town''
*]
*]
*] or ''Angrenost''
*] or ''Lond Daer Enedh''
*] or ''Minas Ithil''
*] or ''Minas Anor''
*] or ''Khazad-dûm''
*]
*] or ''Imladris''
*]
*]


* '']''
See also ]
* '']''
* '']''
* '']''
* '']''


===Miscellaneous=== ==== Scholars ====
*] or ''The Pillars of the Kings''
*]
*]
*]


* ]
== Major languages ==
* ]
*]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]


==== Biographical works ====
*]
*]s:
**]
**]
*''Mannish languages'':
**] (the language of ])
***] (aka Common Speech)
***Tongue of ]'s ]
**''Rohirric'', (translated with ])
*] (Dwarvish language)
*]
*], a language based on an ancient form of ]
*] script
*] script
*] runes


* '']'' (1977) – by Humphrey Carpenter
== Items ==
* '']'' (2003) – by ]
*The ] aka ''Ruling Ring''
* '']'' (2006) – by ], Jeremy Marshall and ]
*The ]
**The Three Rings of the Elves:
***]
***]
***]
*The ]li
*The ]
*The ]i
*The ] of Gondor


===Weapons=== ==== Works ====
{{see also category|Tolkien studies}}
*]
*]
*] (movies only)
*]
*]
*]


* '']'' (1969) – by ] (revised 2003 by ])
==Unions==
* '']'' (1971) – ed. Robert Foster (revised 1978, 2001)
*]
* '']'' (1972) – by ]
*]
* '']'' (1979) – by ]
* '']'' (1982) – by ] (revised 1993, 2005)
* '']'' (1983) – by ]
* '']'' (2000) – by Tom Shippey
* '']'' (2000) – eds Verlyn Flieger and Carl F. Hostetter
* '']'' (2003) – by Brian Rosebury
* '']'' (2005) – by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
* '']'' (2006) – by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
* '']'' (2006) – ed. ]
* '']'' (2014) – ed. ]
* '']'' (2018) – by Catherine McIlwaine
* '']'' (2020) – by John Garth


==Battles== ==See also==
*]
*]
*]
*]


* ]
==Timeline==
* ]
''See ].''


== External links ==
For a list of Middle-earth related articles by name, see: ].
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Latest revision as of 09:48, 11 December 2024

Overview of the history of Middle-earth

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the real-world history and notable fictional elements of J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy universe. It covers materials created by Tolkien; the works on his unpublished manuscripts, by his son Christopher Tolkien; and films, games and other media created by other people.

Middle-earth – fantasy setting created by Tolkien, home to hobbits, orcs, ents, dragons, and many other races and creatures.

Primary sources

Authors

Published works

Further information: J. R. R. Tolkien bibliography

By J. R. R. Tolkien

Posthumously published

Edited by Christopher Tolkien

These works present extended selections of Tolkien's legendarium (the large body of documents relating to The Silmarillion), with extensive notes and posthumous editing by his son Christopher. The separate 4-volume body of his comments on the drafts of The Lord of the Rings is included as volumes 6–9.

The History of Middle-earth
Early legendarium
1 The Book of Lost Tales 1 (1983)
2 The Book of Lost Tales 2 (1984)
3 The Lays of Beleriand (1985)
4 The Shaping of Middle-earth (1986)
5 The Lost Road and Other Writings (1987)
The History of The Lord of the Rings
6 The Return of the Shadow (1988)
7 The Treason of Isengard (1989)
8 The War of the Ring (1990)
9 Sauron Defeated (1992)
The later Silmarillion
10 Morgoth's Ring (1993)
11 The War of the Jewels (1994)
Further details
12 The Peoples of Middle-earth (1996)
Other stories

Additional materials from the legendarium, with Christopher Tolkien's commentary.

Edited by other scholars

Audio recordings

  • Poems and Songs of Middle Earth (1967), Caedmon TC 1231 – poems read by Tolkien; songs sung by William Elvin, accompanied by composer Donald Swann (as published in The Road Goes Ever On)
  • J. R. R. Tolkien Reads and Sings his The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings (1975), Caedmon TC 1477, TC 1478 (based on an August, 1952 recording by George Sayer)
  • J. R. R. Tolkien The Silmarillion Of Beren And Lúthien (1977), Caedmon TC 1564 – Christopher Tolkien reads chapter 19 of The Silmarillion, slightly abridged

Graphical works

Translation

Adaptations and developments

See also: Works inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien, Adaptations of The Hobbit, and Adaptations of The Lord of the Rings

Maps

Main article: Tolkien's maps

Spoken word

Radio

Motion pictures

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Peter Jackson

Stage

  • Rob Inglis wrote and performed one-man adaptations of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings starting in the 1970s
  • Lord of the Rings (2006) – Musical staged in Toronto, re-written for London in 2007

Games

Tabletop games

Main article: List of Middle-earth role-playing games

Video games

Main article: Middle-earth in video games

Parodies

Geography

Cosmology of Eä

Main article: Cosmology of Tolkien's legendarium

Continents of Arda

Nations and regions

Main article: Geography of Middle-earth

Natural features

Cities and other populated places

History

See also: History of Arda

Artefacts

Events

First Age
Third Age

Characters

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First Age

House of Finwë

House of Elwë and Olwë

House of Marach

Others

Second Age

Third Age

Thorin and Company

The Company of the Ring

Wizards:

Elves

Men

Other characters

Culture

Races

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Ainur

Men

Monsters

Other

Languages

Main article: Languages of Middle-earth

Elvish languages

Other

Folklore and poetry

Analysis

Influences

Components

Literary devices

Sources

Themes

Main article: Themes of The Lord of the Rings

Music

Scholarship

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Institutions

Journals

Scholars

Biographical works

Works

See also: Category:Tolkien studies

See also

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